MANAGING/EFFECTING THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS

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RECRUITMENT STRATEGIES MANAGING/EFFECTING THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS By Margaret A. Richardson ABSTRACT RECRUITMENT , as a human resource management function, is one of the activities that impact most critically on the performance of an organisation. While it is understood and accepted that poor RECRUITMENT decisions continue to affect organisational performance and limit goal achievement, it is taking a long time for public service agencies in many jurisdictions to identify and implement new, effective hiring strategies. In some areas, existing laws inhibit change; in others, the inhibiting factor is managerial inertia. This paper discusses some of the strategies that organisations can and do employ to ensure the existence of the best possible pool of qualified applicants from which they can fill vacancies as and when required. It will identify the advantages of each of the strategies, highlight the drawbacks of its use and offer suggestions for ensuring its utility.

selection to ensure equity and adherence to equal opportunity and other laws. Documenting the organisation’s policy on recruitment, the criteria to be utilised, and all the steps in the recruiting process is as necessary in the seemingly informal setting of in-

  Selection, Recruitment, Managing, Managing effecting the recruitment, Effecting